Former WWE star James Ellsworth addresses allegations of misconduct that were made against him in 2018
In November of 2018, a Twitter user known as @Kliqkid accused former WWE star James Ellsworth of sending her inappropriate photos, sharing screenshots and later a video describing the situation. Both the posts and the video were deleted. Ellsworth, through his legal representation, denied the allegations.
Thanks for the love and support .. pic.twitter.com/BuFXPMu907
— James Ellsworth (@realellsworth) November 29, 2018
In an interview with sportshadow.com, Ellsworth addressed the situation…
“There’s people who are full of malice. The internet can be a pretty pretty brutal place for everybody. Luckily for me, I do have very thick skin because I’ve been through a lot in my life. They (people on internet) read like a headline or something and they just think something’s so true and they don’t let things play out and do actual research on it.
Am I a perfect person? No. But, I’m a father of two. I’m a husband and I have a clean criminal record. I’ve never been arrested in my life. Cops never talked to me about me committing a crime ever in my life. So, I think my record speaks for itself. I understand people can be easily manipulated on the internet. So, I don’t blame anyone for that.
I didn’t pay much attention to it, honestly. You would think so (being affected by such news). First I’m like, ‘Oh, this is a bummer because this ain’t true.’ People think this is true.
All these people know that that this crime could have been committed, right? But, nothing ever happens to you. You never get arrested. A cop doesn’t even talk to you and it’s because you didn’t do anything. But there’s people out there that might think he did because they read it on the internet. That’s crazy, right?
It’s almost kind of like it’s it’s happening in a fictional world. It might have bothered me a little bit, but you got to move. At the same time too, my my grandfather was dying, so I was more focused on that. I wasn’t worried about me. I was worried about that because that was my buddy who I loved, who showed me wrestling, who taped those VHS’s for me. I was more focused on that.
I try to keep it positive. Like, if you show me love, I’m going to show you love back. I feel bad for anyone that’s ever actually been a victim of a crime or been put into a place or situations that they didn’t ask to be in. But I’ve never done that to anyone. And, I feel bad for those that actually have to go through that because there are people that lie about going through that and they’re not really going through it. You know what I mean? That’s not fair to the people that actually have gone through some stuff.”